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Archives for April 2012

Sunday’s national forecast

A dry and quiet Sunday is expected across the country today. The large Tasmanian high will continue to slide slowly…

Phil’s weekly column: For god’s sake, we don’t make the weather

Most Commented on Story — On Friday nzherald.co.nz contributor John Drinnan wrote a column about weather news coverage in New Zealand –…

Forecasting not such an exact science

MetService has revealed it only expects to accurately forecast each day’s maximum temperature 75 per cent of the time. The existence…

US braces for another devastating tornado outbreak

This is almost becoming the rule rather than the exception. Another massive tornado outbreak is possible about the central sections…

A wee bit of wet may show up next week

A big and slow moving ridge of high pressure will bring quiet weather to the country this week.  We’ve been…

Saturday’s national forecast

Quiet and dry weather will be in place across the country today. But, even with this ridge of high pressure…

What are your plans for this weekend?

It should be a pretty rain-free weekend across the country, do you plan to get out and enjoy it:? There…

Video: Are we in for a week of settled weather?

…all signs point to “yes”.  nzherald.co.nz and Philip Duncan bring you the latest on the weather for the next few…

Entire West Coast beach disappears

An entire beach at Punakaiki on the South Island’s West Coast has disappeared in under a year, with the loss…

Weekend starts off on a high

WeatherWatch.co.nz says the weekend will kick off with a very large high drifting in from Australia bringing lighter winds, sunnier…